Combined egg boiler and poacher



W. EICHELBERGER.

COMBINED EGG BILER AND POACHER.

APPLrcATloN F1150 1u1.v 21,1919.

1,354,885, A., e Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

@M /Mw/M UNITED` STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM EICHELBERGER, OF PIERCE, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0GEORGE B. SOMERVILLE, 0F JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED EGG BOILER AND POACHER.

Application filed July 21,

T 0 all 107mm t may con-cern Be it known that I, VILLIAM EicHnLBnR- GER,a citizen of the United States of` America, residing at Pierce, in thevcounty of Tucker and State of lVest Virginia, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Combined. Egg Boilers and Poachers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention comprehen-ls generally improvements in cooking'utensils and more particularly relates to an egg boiler and poacher.

It is the principal aim and object of this invention to provide a deviceofthe above mentioned character designed to either boil or poach eggs asdesired and in addition is capable of being used in other capacities ofa like nature, the construction being novel and embodies generally asupport and a plurality of holders designed to be removably supportedtherein.

As an additional and equally important object this inventioncontemplates the provision of a device of the above mentioned characterwherein the holders are novel in construction and the covers or capstherefor are designed with perforations capable of being closed so as toadapt the holders for boiling or poaching as desired.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited theprovision of a device of the above mentioned character with a view tocompaetness and wherein the number of parts are few, the constructionsimple, the cost of production low and the eliiciency high.

Other objects as well as the nature characteristic features and scope ofthis invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claims, forming a part of this specication.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying` drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3, is an enlarged vertical sectional view of one of the holders.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof, and

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the cap of one of the holders.

Similar characters of reference are em- Specfication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920. 191e. serial No. 312,347.

ployed in all of the above described views to indicate correspondingparts.

Referring now, more particularly to the accompanying drawings, there isprovided a support generally designated by the numeral 1 including aplate-like body 2 which may be of a circular form having dependingsupporting legs 3 and further provided with plurality of openings l inwhich are removably received and supported egg holders 5.v A grip handle6 is connected centrally of the plate body 2 to facilitate the handlingof the device such as placing it in and removing it from a cookingreceptacle.

ln the present instance each of the improved holders 5 consists ofacylindrical body 7 having a tapered and closed bottom S and having theupper end enlarged to provide an exterior annular supporting shoulder 9and a threaded neck 10 with which is removably engaged a correspond-'ingly threaded flanged cap 11. The top of the cap is provided withcircles of perforations 12 while coacting therewith is a closure disk 13correspondingly perforated as at llt and rotatably arranged beneath thetop. This mounting is effected by means of a pin 15 which is carriedcentrally of the disk and rotatably arranged through the top andcentrally thereof. Bearing collars 16 are formed on the pins 15 as arefinger loops 17 which facilitate the turning of the disks so that theperforations 12 will be closed by the disks for the poaching of eggs inthe holders when the latter are in the support 1 or arranged so that theperforations 14 aline with the perforations 12 for the boiling of eggs,as is apparent.

To facilitate the removal of poached eggs from the holders, a cutter 18is employed and is preferably formed from a single piece of wire theupper end of which is connected with the under surface of the top of thecap so that the cutter depends therefrom, being positioned in closerelation to the inner surface of the body of the holder and having thelower portion curved to conform to the bottom of the body so as tofacilitate an effective cutting or removal of the egg from the holder,the cutter of course being moved about the inner surface of the bodythereof upon the turning of the cap.

From the iferegeng description it is believed that a further detaileddescription of the operation of the invention is entirely unnecessary.yLikewise it is believed that the advantagesof the invention will bereadily apparent.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely diierent embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall,

be interpreted as illustrative and not in' a limited sense. It is alsoto be understood that the language used in the following claims isintended t0- cover all the generic and specific features of theinvention herein described and all statements of the scope of theinvention which as a matter of language might be said to falltherebetween.V

pered and closed bottom and having the upper portion enlarged to form asupporting shoulder and a neck, a closurefcapon the neck, and a cuttercarried by and depending from'the cap.

2. A device Vof the character described including in combination with asupport having openings therethrough, ofa plurality of egg holders forremovable disposition through thev openings, each of therholdersincluding a cylindrical body having a tapered and closed bottom andAhaving the upper portionV enlarged to form a supporting shoulder andalso formed with a'threaded neck, a threaded flanged cap for detaci.- y

able engagement with the neck andV provided in itsy top with circles ofperforations, a correspondingly perforated disk rotatably mounted on theunder surface of the cap and'designed to control the passage of waterinto the body. of the holder, and a cutter connected to and dependingfrom the cap and arranged adjacent to the innersurface ofthe walls ofthe body.

In testimony whereof I 'affix my signature.

i wILLiAM EICHELBERGERQ

